Research shows that on average, a person hears between 20,000 and 30,000 words in a 24-hour period--and speaks about 7,000 words per day, with many people speaking much more than that. Add in the number of words we read each day that fill our newspaper, overflow our inbox, and flash across our phones, the number of words we consume daily is multitudinous. From reading the news of fires in California to reading and writing emails, from catching up with a friend over coffee to trying to get a Verizon bill corrected...We live in a world of words.